Bounds of structural response for all possible loading combinations

Journal of Structural Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 98-106

  Mullen, Robert L ^a   Muhanna, Rafi L ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUZZY SETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FUZZY FINITE ELEMENT METHOD (FFEM); LOADING UNCERTAINTIES;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032633467     PISSN: 07339445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9445(1999)125:1(98)     Document Type: Article

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